Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-associated Infections

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How do healthcare facilities reduce the risk of infection?

Healthcare facilities use a range of strategies to reduce the risk of infection. Proper hand hygiene is the most important part of preventing the spread of infectious diseases. Healthcare workers will do the following things to prevent and control the spread of infection: • maintain a clean environment and clean shared equipment.

What is the preventing & controlling infections standard?

The Preventing and Controlling Infections Standard has been developed in line with the recommendations and evidence in the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare .

How do healthcare workers prevent infections?

Healthcare workers use various well established procedures to help prevent infections, including: complying with standard sterile techniques when performing surgery, caring for wounds or inserting and caring for medical devices such as intravenous cannulas and urinary catheters using antibiotics appropriately to prevent and treat infections.

What is infection prevention & control?

Infection prevention and control practice aims to minimise the risk of transmission of infectious agents. However, just as there is no single cause of infection, there is no single solution to preventing infections.

What Is Preventing Healthcare-associated Infections

1. https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/standards/nsqhs-standards/preventing-and-controlling-infections-standard
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7532064/
3. https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/infections-in-hospital-reduce-the-risk
4. https://www.cdc.gov/hai/prevent/prevention.html
5. https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/attachments/HAI-consumer-factsheet-brochure.pdf
6. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph36/chapter/introduction
7. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16397-avoiding-healthcare-associated-infections-hais

Preventing Healthcare-associated Infections Information

1. https://www.cec.health.nsw.gov.au/improve-quality/NSQHS-standards/Preventing-and-Controlling-Healthcare-Associated-Infection-Standard
2. https://www.health.vic.gov.au/quality-safety-service/healthcare-associated-infection-prevention
3. https://smhs.health.wa.gov.au/Our-care/Safe-quality-care/Preventing-healthcare-associated-infections